The Chalk Prince (Kaebedo)

Chapter I: Boy in the Basement

School starts tomorrow. I am not mentally prepared 🥲. I also got a new phone, so yay ig?

Anyways, I saw a prompt and it would not leave my mind for the longest time, so I'm finally writing about it. Kaebedo just worked perfectly with the prompt too.

For the people who are new, hey! Nice to meet you. I'm Kaito and I like Genshin and writing.

Enjoy!!

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"Captain Kaeya! Klee wants to explore!" The fiery girl jumped up and down, an blue crayon in hand.

"But you wanted to draw a second ago?" The dark haired male said, glancing down at the book he was reading.

"Yeah, I know, but Klee wants to explore!" She dropped the crayon, "please?" She dragged out the word and stuck out her lip in a pout.

"You know I can't say no to those eyes." Kaeya chuckled. "Alrighty. Let's go ask Jean and see what we can do."

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They headed to the Grandmaster's office (Varka had retired and found Jean more than capable of taking his place). Klee knocked on the door immediately. A muffled "come in" sounded a moment later.

"Master Jean!" Klee ran up to the blond woman and hugged her leg. Jean patted her head with a small smile.

"Klee! Kaeya! What brings you here?"

The man nodded his head to the small girl who jumped in excitement. "Klee wanted to go exploring!" She said, her eyes shining.

"Hm. It's already pretty late though?" Jean thought for a moment. "What if you explore the head quarters instead?"

The little girl gasped. "Yes yes!! Let's go Kaeya!" She let go of Jean only to run to him, grabbing his hand in the process and pulling him towards the door.

"Ah- Klee. One moment." He tried to pull back to speak to Jean. The woman looked so tired and Kaeya wanted to tell her to rest.

"Kaeyaaa," Klee whined. He gave a sigh.

"Okay, okay. Let's go. Jean, please get some rest." He smiled and let Klee pull him out the door.

"This is gonna be so great! Klee is so excited! Let's go to the library! Miss Lisa must be there! Let's go say hi."

The entered the library soon after, Kaeya having to shush the girl multiple times before they went in.

"Miss Lisa!! Klee is here!"

"Klee, so nice to see you." Lisa looked up at the girl and then glanced at Kaeya.

"Me and Mr. Kaeya are going on an adventure! Jean said we could go exploring!" Klee said, hopping up and down.

"Ah, that's very exciting." Lisa paused, "did you know, there's a door downstairs that you can explore. You might need a light though, it probably gets pretty dark down there." Lisa smiled and shuffled through her desk. She pulled out a candle with a candleholder and handed it to Klee. She squealed.

"I'll come with you, just in case. I've never been down there before either." The librarian winked. "Let's go."

Lisa lead Klee and Kaeya downstairs. It was silent when she pulled a key from her pocket and unlocked the door. A gust of stale air blew past them when the door opened. It revealed a stone staircase leading downwards. The walls were tight and dusty, only allowing the group to walk single-file.

Lisa went first with Klee behind her, Kaeya trailing behind.

The farther they went, it got colder and the stairs got windier.